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July 17, 1934.,

P. J. JOHNSON 1,966,669

PACKAGE Filed May 12. 1932 l N V EN TO R Pit/A f lam MM ATTORNEYS.

Patented July 17, 1934 PACKAGE Paul J. Johnson, Watertown, Conn., assignor to Scovill Manufacturing Company, Waterbury, Conn, a corporation of Connecticut Application May 12, 1932, Serial No. 610,798

2 Claims. (01. 206-66) This invention relates to packages or condepending upon the dimensions of the container tainers and more particularly to fillers such as and the length of the pins in relation thereto. are usually associated with containers of difierent The container is filled with pins only to a level types for holding the contents in prearranged below the plane of its upper edge so that the re- 5 condition. ciprocating operation will not cause any of the so In packing such articles, for example, as pins, pins to be spilled. nails, clips, or the like it is customary to recipro- In order to permit a single container to be cate the container as the articles are fed into it. used for tightly packing pins of any size, and Such reciprocation causes the articles to arrange for holding the pins in their arranged and 1a themselves longitudinally of the container in grouped positions in the container, regardless of 65; generally well defined rows. It will be apparent variations in the amount of space which pins of that a given weight of articles of one size will difierent sizes require, I position a filler 7 in the take up more space than the same weight of container above the pins, which is adapted to be articles of another size, and heretofore, it has pressed into engagement with the pins to hold -5 frequently been necessary to provide containers them in their arranged positions. The filler has 70" in a comparatively large range of sizes to properly a body portion 8 which is transversely yieldable package articles such, for example, as pins of difand the edges of the filler are turned upwardly ferent sizes. to form upwardly extending flanges 9 which are An object of this invention is to provide apackengaged by the cover 10 when the latter is in 0 age of articles of the type set forth constructed place so as to press the filler downwardly into 75v and arranged to: permit a single size of container holding engagement with the pins 6 or other being used to package articles of different sizes. articles. The flanges 9 are so formed that the A further object is to provide a filler for confiller will be pressed into holding engagement tainers constructed and arranged to hold articles with the pins irrespective of variations in the in a prearranged condition irrespective of varialevel of such pins in the container. Variations g0.v tions in the amount of space assumed by articles in the amount of space which the pins occupy of dilierent sizes or by difierent articles. are accommodated by the transversely yieldable These and other objects which will be apparent body portion of the flller. When more space is to those skilled in this particular art are accomtaken by pins of one lot than those of another,

plished by means of the invention illustrated in the body portion of the filler will yield trans- 5 the accompanying drawing in which, versely as it is pressed into holding engagement Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a package of therewith, so as to compensate for the greater pins constructed in accordance with one embodiamount of space required by the pins. This is ment of this invention, the several parts of the illustrated on a somewhat exaggerated scale in package being separated for better illustration, Fig. 2. If less space is taken by the articles the 90, nd body portion 8 will flatten out and still hold the Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the package shown pins as desired. in Fig. 1, the parts being assembled in operative It will be apparent that the edges of the filler relation. will occupy substantially the same position in Although the following description refers parthe container regardless of the size of articles 95 ticularly to pins, it will be apparent that the inpackaged, such position being determined by the vention is equally applicable to other articles of dimensions of the upturned flanges 9, the variathe same general type. tions in space required for the contents being As illustrated in the drawing, the invention accommodated by the flexible body portion 8.

comprises a container 5 of ntional form The filler '7 may have advertising information 100 into which the pins 6 are fed in the usual manner or t like printed on t f d t may also be from a pin-making machine from any other used as a display tray merely by removing the source. In accordance with established practice, cover while the pins are being fed into the container I the latte is leciplocated longitudinally for the 1. An article of manufacture comprising a con- 105 pu p e f causing the p to arrange themselves tainer, a cover, contents of variable volume mllongitudinally in t e containery ec procating said container to a level below the plane of ing the container at such arate as approximately its upper edge, a, contents engaging filler p 1- 200 reciprocations per minute, the pins will be tioned in said container above and in contact ther y Positioned in two, three more pil with said contents, upwardly extending edges 1 10 holding filler having a transversely yieldable body portion engaging the upper surface of said pins, upturned edges formed on said filler and positioned to engage the inner face of said cover when closed whereby when said edges are pressed downwardly into engagement with said pins said body portion will yield transversely to accommodate and hold variable quantities thereof in said container.

PAUL J. JOHNSON. 

